Freshness is a wonderful sensation, but how would you describe it?
Perhaps it’s sea air or the smell of fresh cotton that lifts your mood. Whatever true freshness is to you, we’d really like to hear about it.
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Whether it’s feeling a summer breeze on your face or cool sand beneath your feet, simply being outside on a warm summer’s day makes you feel good all over.
How do different fresh places make you feel?
Each of us has a favourite place where we feel at our freshest. Feelings we associate with different settings are often linked to our experiences of them in childhood.
Dr. Lewis, Neuropsychologist
The colour you paint your room can have a profound effect on its perceived size and feel. Brighter, fresher colours tend to feel calmer and more spacious, whilst deeper, richer colours often make the room feel smaller but warmer and more intimate.
Alison Cork, Home & Interiors Specialist
Smell messages from our nose are dealt with by a more primitive part of the brain, an area known as the limbic system which is also responsible for emotions and memory.
Dr. Lewis, Neuropsychologist
We each have our own idea of relaxation and freshness. There are no right or wrong answers here. But we can begin to understand how the individual sees the world around them by examining what gives them pleasure.
Dr. Lewis, Neuropsychologist
We form associations in the world around us at a very early age, and we each respond to stimuli in different ways. What brings a feeling of intense joy to one person, may have no effects whatsoever on another.
Dr. Lewis, Neuropsychologist
Smell, mood and freshness are inextricably linked. Because of the unique nature of the sense of smell, it is important to understand the impact freshness can have on your mood.
Dr. Lewis, Neuropsychologist
Childhood memories are particularly strong because of the way that sensations are imprinted. Children are able to store impressions more easily than adults, and years later an aroma will trigger memories that we may have thought were long forgotten.
Dr. Lewis, Neuropsychologist